1 Samuele 16:21

21 E Davide venne a Saulle, e stette davanti a lui. E Saulle l’amò forte, e Davide fu suo scudiere.

1 Samuele 16:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:21

And David came to Saul, and stood before him
As a servant, and ministered to him in the way, and for the purpose for which he was sent:

and he loved him greatly;
being a comely person, and a well behaved youth, and especially as he was serviceable to him with his music, in driving away melancholy from him:

and he became his armourbearer;
that is, he appointed him to this office, though we never read that he exercised it; nor did he go with Saul in this capacity to the battle related in the following chapter: it may be literally rendered: "and he was to him a bearer of vessels", or "instruments" ^F17; and Abarbinel thinks this is to be understood not of instruments of war, but of instruments of music to play with; which he brought in and bare before him when he went in to the king.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mylk avn wl yhyw) "et fuit ei ferens vasa", Montanus; "ferens instrumenta", Piscator.

1 Samuele 16:21 In-Context

19 Saulle adunque mandò de’ messi ad Isai a dirgli: Mandami Davide, tuo figliuolo, che è appresso alla greggia.

20 Ed Isai prese un asino carico di pane, e di un barile di vino, e d’un capretto; e lo mandò a Saulle, per Davide suo figliuolo.

21 E Davide venne a Saulle, e stette davanti a lui. E Saulle l’amò forte, e Davide fu suo scudiere.

22 E Saulle mandò a dire ad Isai: Deh! lascia che Davide stia davanti a me; perciocchè egli mi è in grazia.

23 Ora, quando lo spirito malvagio, mandato da Dio, era sopra Saulle, Davide pigliava la cetera, e ne sonava con la mano; e Saulle n’era sollevato, e ne stava meglio, e lo spirito malvagio si partiva da lui.